Click here for the Friday Reading Search, a searchable archive of reading and knowledge resources

Since March 2020, Airmic has been issuing Friday Reading, a curated series of readings and knowledge resources sent by email to Airmic members. The objective of Airmic Friday Reading was initially to keep members informed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Today, Airmic Friday Reading has evolved in scope to include content on a wide range of subjects with each email edition following a theme. This page is a searchable archive of all the readings and knowledge resources that have been shared.

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Allianz, 1st October 2022
Friday Reading Edition 129 (4th November 2022)
[Free to download upon sharing contact details] This report highlights some of the main cyber risk trends from an underwriting, risk consulting and claims perspective, such as the growing cost of ransomware attacks – which has been the major loss driver in recent years, the targeting of more smaller‑sized companies by hackers, the increasing frequency and sophistication of business email compromise attacks in the ‘Zoom and deep fake era’.
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Lloyd’s, 30th June 2022
Friday Reading Edition 129 (4th November 2022)
Produced in partnership with the Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies, the report uses scenario-based analysis to help manage uncertainty around the interconnected threat of cyber and geopolitics, looking specifically at the perils of state-sponsored cyber-attacks.
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McKinsey & Co, 10th March 2022
Friday Reading Edition 129 (4th November 2022)
Companies can address and mitigate the disruptions of the future only by taking a more proactive, forward-looking stance. Over the next three to five years, McKinsey expects three major cybersecurity trends that cross-cut multiple technologies to have the biggest implications for organisations.
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Aon, 12th October 2022
Friday Reading Edition 126 (14th October 2022)
As the Russia-Ukraine conflict extends into its ninth month, the conflict is being fought on both the physical battlefields and in cyber space. The malware used in the conflict is finding its way on to the dark web, where any hacker can use it.
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Baker Tilly, 9th October 2022
Friday Reading Edition 126 (14th October 2022)
The cybersecurity insurance market has shifted significantly over the last 12-18 months, leaving organisations faced with pricy premiums or the inability to purchase coverage. In this webinar, Baker Tilly cybersecurity specialists discuss a multi-faceted approach to manage cyber risks through effective cybersecurity controls and what you may be required to do to maintain adequate cyber insurance coverage.
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Airmic, 13th September 2022
Friday Reading Edition 126 (14th October 2022)
[Requires Airmic member login] - Hear from Baker Tilly and SR-M Intelligence and Risk Consulting as they explore the latest developments in ransomware and the impact on insurance and risk.
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Control Risks, 16th August 2022
Friday Reading Edition 126 (14th October 2022)
Since the start of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, there have been drastic changes to the cyber threat landscape, including a sharp increase in ransomware attacks. In this episode Control Risks Partner Nicolas Reys talks with experts Joe Buckley and Mark Fawcett about these changes, how they might develop and what this means for organisations preparing for and responding to ransomware attacks.
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Howden, 6th June 2022
Friday Reading Edition 119 (19th August 2022)
The fallout from the war in Ukraine remains highly uncertain, but its immediate effect has been to reduce cyber frequency worldwide as warring sides refocus their priorities and resources.
Lloyd’s, 1st July 2022
Lloyd’s Futureset’s latest report, created in partnership with Aon, aims to provide insights on the medium to long term impacts of the Ukraine crisis on the risk landscape. The analysis is based on in-depth interviews with 75 sector experts and practitioners across Aon and Lloyd’s, each providing real-life, practical insights on the challenges that companies are facing today and how they are adjusting their risk management approaches in response.
Airmic,Control Risks,KPMG,Marsh,QBE,Sedgwick, 7th June 2022
Cyber threats are considered worse in 2022 than they were last year and the greatest risk for business. Geopolitical, climate and supply chain risks are tied at second place. Diseases and the pandemic have dropped out of the top 10 list of risks – but has this been de-escalated too quickly? Have we learnt and embedded the right lessons from Covid-19?